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Comment by Alinnarel

This is hunter tier 4 armor in BC.

Comment by IW00Bruiser

It is a 5 piece set, just like the tier 2.5 armor in The Temple of Ahn'Qiraj. Overall, the set is generally an improvement over Tier 3, Cryptstalker. It can be agreed that it is hard to compare and contrast tier 3 to tier 4, or that it's comparing a 5 piece set to a 9 piece set. But knowing that makes it easier to compare the stats. Cryptstalker has a total of 3638 armor, where Demon Stalker is 3022.

One very interesting thing to point out about Demon Stalker is the amount of total intellect on the armor. Going up the sets, Tier 0, .5, 1, 2, 2.5, 3, the amount of intellect on them has been, respectively: 48, 69, 52, 96, 66, 82. Above on Demon Stalker is a whopping 122, more than ever seen on a set before. This shows that blizzard is wanting hunter's to have larger mana pools which in turn leads to longer sustained damage while in combat. From my expierence raiding on my hunter, the damage that hunter's can output when using their entire mana pool is actually pretty great, sometimes more than a rogue or mage depending on how lucky I was with crits. The only problem was I ran out of mana fast because we are very inefficient with it; we shots left and right never allowing our regen to kick in, whereas other classes get the chance for a maybe a tick or 2. Granted my experience with raiding was before the 2.0 patch, it still helps to give an idea of whats to come.

With the patch 2.0 change to Hunter mechanics, it really has made it seem like they can start from square one with how hunter oriented gear can be itemized. This move to increase our mana pull will increase sustained hunter dps capabilities, and this Tier 4 armor is a good example of that.

Comment by Beautifuldream

Once you get T4, you'll have your steady shot which isn't huge on mana consumption, you'll be using a two shot rotation, auto mixed with steady inbetween, on a slow weapon you'll have 2 steadys between the autos faster weapons will only have 1. and Arcane shot evey 5 seconds because it doesn't inturupt any shot timers.

Multi, as of right now in T2 but after the 2.0 patch is worthless in raids because of it's huge mana cost. maybe after we start to get sets like this multi will be a worth while shot ^_^

But one thing to look at is the T4 vs T5. 4/5 T4 gives you the option to be using multi shot again, another big dps shot for hunters. T5 has less int, and no mana reduction to the shot making multi less viable for anything outside of pvp. haha

Besides the fact that the look of T4 >>>> T5

Comment by kwestrom

I am rather disappointed in the majority of websites as to these item sets. Demon Stalker and Rift Stalker are equivalent sets in terms of item level/quality. They are both acquired using the same tokens/drops. Everything that is listed on this site and many others as "Tier 5" is just a parallel "Tier 4".

In this case, Demon Stalker equipment is acquired from a vendor in the Aldor section of Shattrath City, whereas the Rift Stalker gear is acquired through the Scryers. Perhaps more demonstrative than anything is that once you select which faction you are working on, the other one hates you. Thus, you are limited to only one of the sets, the other being an unobtainable sidegrade.

If anyone with authority to change these details reads this, please fix what you can. This is a grievous error which could lead many players astray. If nothing else, spread the word so that fewer players are ignorant of these details.

Comment by Ellipsis

About the larger mana pools mentioned above. I downloaded a complete runthrough of Karazahn sped up at about 5x normal. Many of the bosses took at least 10 minutes. The final boss in Karazahn takes up almost 20% of the entire movie.

Comment by Adenhart

Gloves and the Helm drop in Karazhan.Pants and Shoulders from Gruul's Lair.Chest thought to drop from Magtheridon.

Comment by Drnw

it seems kinda wierd to me that they keep implementing hunters talents in the set bonuses....from one point its good,u get the good talents from the other talent tree,other point,there are so many things that can b in set bonuses like mana reduction,more dmg etc etc.im troubled

Comment by Spear

I dont really know how many of you noticed, but it is really a factthat Tier 3, Cryptstalker is actually much more better than Tier 4/5.1) Set bonuses like +4 sec rapid fire, +50 attack power to u and the pet, 50 mana on each critical (which is basically = survival talent+reduced mana cost).2) The outfit itself is much more practical and nicer3) Much more +crit.

I do understand that sockets are important, but consider that to get these sockets actually working and add some serious stats/dps u have to spend tons of gold just for these items, which u might replace anytime.If i had whole tier 3 set, im quite sure i wudve used it up to black temple/zulaman, since there is NO obvious improvement over it atm for surv or mm hunter.

And btw guys - get alchemy and forget about mana problems.

Comment by Drnw

Yeah, I noticed the lack of critical on T4 too, it kinda sux too.We lost much crit during level up and the sockets can't make up for it, so, even if there's a lot of agi in it, we do need some more crit.

Comment by ripoffhitman

NONE OF YOU EVEN KNOW IF THIS IS TIER 4, NOBODY HAS PROOF AND BLIZZARD HANST POSTED IT, I BET THIS LIKE LIKE TIER 3.5 OR SOMETHING, BUT ITS NOT 4 I CAN ASURE U THAT, STOP BELIVING IT BECAUSE SOMEONE POSTED IT.

Comment by Crabbattle

tier 4 and 5 for hunters lacks highly in crit rating, which, as a hunter, is one of the more important attributes along with agility, which is also definatly lacking in this set...personaly i think that the hunter epic set from the arena (http://www.wowhead.com/?itemset=586) is better than both rift and demon stalker's...more agility, crit chance and resilience...a hands down favorite

Comment by Drnw

It lacks AP though and generally dmg, that's a significant negative characteristic for the PvP set.

Comment by zuiko

The set bonuses are almost like they were trying to come up with humorously bad bonuses as some kind of a joke. Is there a hunter set with worse set bonuses out there? They might as well have just left them off entirely. On the bright side, I guess there's no reason not to break up the set if you find a better piece.

Comment by duus01

Total stats for complete set:3022 Armor+114 (+4) Agility+102 Stamina+122 (+3) IntellectImproves critical strike rating by 16Increases attack power by 282 (+8)Improves hit rating by 12Restores 14 mana per 5 secReduces the chance your Feign Death ability will be resisted by 5%Reduces the mana cost of your Multi-Shot ability by 10%

Comment by evein

I THINK ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE FORGETTING A NEW MECHANIC IN tbc---RESILLIANCE. ALL THOSE HUNTERS THAT RELY ON CRITS WILL BE ALMOST TOTALLY SHUT DOWN BY ALL THE RES THAT IS ON THE PVP SETS AND OTHER HIGH LVL SETS. I HAVE ALWAYS BUILT MY HUNTER TO BE A DMG HUNTER, NOT CRIT HUNTER AND I HAVE BY FAR BEEN BETTER THAN MOST HUNTERS IVE COME ACROSS. DOING MORE DMG GUARANTEED WITH EVERY SHOT IS, IMO, WAY BETTER THAN "MAYBE" GETTING LUCKY WITH CRITS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DIMINISHED BY THE RES STATS.

Comment by Taelidan

For the residential fashionwhore, should you want the remaining "pieces" of the set when it comes to looks, they are as follows:

good stuff :D this is all subject to change when 2.1 goes live, but this is what wowhead has available as of 5/13/07

Comment by kutz513

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Comment by Kely

I'm still really disappointed with the set bonuses on this. A mew minutes worth of looking at the other sets confirms my beleif that we've been cheated. Everyone else gets their combat effectiveness improved, and we get our aggro wipe (which is practically perfect anyway) marginally improved.. oh yay. Again, with this set, multi-shot will still be as/more expensive as arcane shot, do roughly the same damage and still be utterly unusable during instances because you'll hit CC targets. The Tier 3 bonuses were infinitely better... You know blizz were probably having a laugh..

Comment by smack80

I think I've heard that the base Feign Death resist chance against mobs your level is 5% and slightly higher for raid bosses, so this set drops your FD resist chance to nearly zero. I think that's good.

Comment by damean3

I really got to hand it to Blizzard with the Design of this Tier 4 set, it looks Really good and no matter what race you are, It makes you look like the badass you were born to be :D

... Now.. if only you could find a Pet who looked just as armored up as you *snicker*

Comment by D4NK

this is the tier 4 set for hunters.

The tier 4 tokens are found in Karazhan (a 10 man instance with a lengthy attunement). Gruuls lair (a 25 man with no attunement) And Magtheridons lair (also a 25 man with no attunement).

Helm of the Fallen ___ (Head): Prince Malchezaar, KarazhanPauldrons of the Fallen ___ (Shoulders): High King Maulgar, Gruul's LairChestguard of the Fallen ___ (Chest): Magtheridon, Magtheridon's LairGloves of the Fallen ___ (Hands): The Curator, KarazhanLeggings of the Fallen ___ (Legs): Gruul the Dragonkiller, Gruul's Lair

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Comment by Solidhax

Yay for Blizzard's community outreach program. They had a heart and hired some retarded citizens to think of set bonuses for Demon Stalker armor. I wonder if Blizz let them do the set bonuses to anyone other than Hunters?

Comment by KendoruXhunter

I love the stats, not the best in comparrison to later tiers, but i wish i could still keep the look of it. Putting it on a tauren is even better looking.

Comment by jacey1217

Got my head and glove pieces both on my first Kara run ever! Yay, getting enchants now hopefully will get to use them beyond the expansion!

Comment by EhsProudmoore

As a hunter collecting the set, you shouldn't have too difficult of a time at 85. Grab a Tenacity pet with Thunderstomp and Charred Glyph and Charred Glyph for an easy time. You can solo Karazhan for the gloves and helm (and matching belt, bracers, and boots). You can solo Magtheridon for the chest. It also looks like with fair enough gear you should be able to solo Gruul's Lair for the shoulders and legs. The only annoying parts of this whole endeavor are likely High King Maulgar in Gruul's Lair (though I haven't tried that encounter recently) and the Chess event in Karazhan. Everything else should be simple. Check out the boss pages for more information.

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Comment by LordZiggy

Looking gewd! *snicksnick*

Comment by ultimakage

I just looted it yesterday while working on this transmog set, but for a good belt, Belt of Shattered Elementium/belt-of-shattered-elementium goes well. It's a green belt with a skull as the belt buckle.

Comment by Valkeyrie

Once long ago there was a black version of this armor created for death knights for their Reveal Trailer for Blizzcon 2007 as seen at the 2:10 mark.This would have made for quite a nice looking balck set of armor for death knights.

Comment by Nocked

Probably the best looking hunter set Blizzard has done, and very easy to get for transmogging.

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Comment by Jarakin

Tier 4 Raid set (lvl 70) . You can obtain these items from Arodis Sunblade if you are friendly with The Scryers , or from Asuur whitch is member of The Aldor. You need appropriate token to purchase these items. Here is list of all tokens for Tier 4 Raid set, of course where you can get these tokens and drop chances .